The Tendency of Expanding Forest Certification in Vietnam: Case Analysis of Certification Holders in Quang Tri Province

Iwanaga, Seiji; Thai, Duong Dang; Thanh, Ha Ho; Van, Minh Nguyen

doi:10.6090/jarq.53.69

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“…Of these studies, 48% have focused on acacia plantation forests in the province of Quang Tri, Vietnam. This bias can be explained by the significant increase in plantation forestry in Asia, particularly in Vietnam, and the widespread support of the Vietnamese government and NGOs in forest certification [92,137].…”

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Effectiveness and Economic Viability of Forest Certification: A Systematic Review

Wolff

Schweinle

2022

Forests

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In the face of accelerating forest degradation and deforestation, forest certification emerged in the early 1990s as a voluntary and market-based mechanism to promote environmentally appropriate, socially beneficial, and economically viable management of the world’s forests. A key goal of forest certification is to reduce forest degradation and deforestation while enhancing forest enterprises’ economic viability. However, whether forest certification contributes to meeting such goals is unclear. We conducted a systematic literature review on such impacts, reviewing empirical studies published between 1993 and 2021 regarding the impact of forest certification on forest degradation, deforestation, and economic viability. Drawing on 98 empirical studies, we analyzed these impacts and provide an overview of the studies’ findings in terms of geographical distribution, indicators considered, and the certification schemes assessed. We found that the impact of forest certification on deforestation has been specifically understudied (n = 11) compared to forest degradation (n = 42) and economic viability (n = 45). On deforestation, studies have focused on Africa (45%) and South America (36%); on forest degradation, studies have focused on Europe (40%) and Asia (20%); on economic viability, studies have focused on Asia (33%), Europe (33%) and South America (20%). We found positive-neutral (54%; 46%) impacts on deforestation, positive-neutral-mixed (70%; 21%; 9%) impacts on forest degradation and positive-negative-mixed (50%; 33%; 17%) impacts on economic viability. We did not find clear evidence that impact is linked to a specific region or certification scheme. However, scarce evidence on the impacts of the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC), the application of various methods, and site-specific indicators in the individual studies challenge such comparison and hamper the generalization of findings. This systematic review provides an overview of the state-of-the-art research on the effectiveness and economic viability of forest certification, evaluates and discusses the current evidence base, and concludes with future research lines.

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Effectiveness and Economic Viability of Forest Certification: A Systematic Review

Wolff

Schweinle

2022

Forests

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“…These costs were not quantitatively nor economically valued in this analysis but are critical to consider in terms of overall and landscape-scale costs and benefits. Following the practices embodied in sustainability certification schemes could partially mitigate these impacts (Auld et al 2008;Iwanaga et al 2019;RESOLVE Inc. 2012).…”

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Improving Acacia smallholder plantation value chains in Thừa Thien Huế cooperative alliance, Vietnam

INGRAM,

HO,

IWANAGA

et al. 2024

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Acacia plantations in Vietnam have an important role in supplying the wood processing industry and generating income for small-scale forest owners. However, it is proving difficult to improve their incomes and reduce the vulnerabilities inherent to current production systems. To address this situation, a quantitative and qualitative value chain analysis was undertaken to understand the products and profits from small-scale Acacia plantations in Thừa Thiên Huế province in Vietnam. The results show that Acacia plantations are profitable, require low levels of inputs and have a short minimum rotation time of five years. Harvesting and transport costs account for a large proportion of total production costs. Traders play an important role in linking producers and processors. Most of the pro- ducts traded are Acacia logs for chipping and processing into other products and for saw-wood to produce timber for carpentry and domestic uses. Acacia logs with larger diameters of over 15 cm have a higher added value for wood processing companies producing furniture for export. Vulnerabilities include the highly fragmented value chain with little coordination and few information exchange mechanisms, and differences between ethnic groups that suggest a need for culturally sensitive intervention on value chains. Different options to increase profits – particularly for smallholder plantation owners – include product diversification, chain integration, and increased production to achieve efficiencies of scale.

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“…With growing demand for timber for the construction and furniture industry, there are now increasing efforts by policy makers (partly in conjunction with new certification schemes such as the Forest Stewardship Council -FSC, or the Program for the Endorsement of Forest Certification -PEFC) to encourage growers to extend the rotation cycle of plantations and produce higher quality timber (Maraseni et al 2017a, 2017b, Frey et al 2018, Iwanaga et al 2019. As Vietnam's economy grows (alongside growing economies of powerful neighbouring countries, most notably China) and trade is increasingly facilitated through extensive economic networks and free trade agreements (cf.…”

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Vietnam’s forest cover changes 2005–2016: Veering from transition to (yet more) transaction?

Cochard

Nguyen

Ngo³

et al. 2020

World Development

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The Tendency of Expanding Forest Certification in Vietnam: Case Analysis of Certification Holders in Quang Tri Province

Cited by 10 publications

References 10 publications

Effectiveness and Economic Viability of Forest Certification: A Systematic Review

Effectiveness and Economic Viability of Forest Certification: A Systematic Review

Improving Acacia smallholder plantation value chains in Thừa Thien Huế cooperative alliance, Vietnam

Vietnam’s forest cover changes 2005–2016: Veering from transition to (yet more) transaction?

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